The National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) held their National Delegates Conference (NDC) at Orchid Country Club on the 15 – 16 October 2019, where the Union Leaders sit in workshops to discuss and address issues workers’ are facing, answering delegates’ concerns, reviewing the past four years Labour Movement performance and setting targets for the next…
Month: October 2019
Inflation is Necessary Evil
The Basic Inflation is defined as an increase in the overall level of prices in the economy. In Singapore, the most common measure of inflation is the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). CPI measures the cost of a fixed basket of goods and services commonly consumed by resident households, and is…
NTUC’s relevance to workers
In 1967, the British announced that it would withdraw its troops by 1971. The British military spending in Singapore back then made up 11.1 per cent of Singapore’s Gross National Product. To make up for this loss, Singapore had to rapidly industrialise to attract new foreign investments and overcome the issue of high unemployment. In…